In a post on his Sulia page, Luyendyk wrote: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but having met Courtney... I can say she's a great girl and we had a fun date. #GoodKisser #Single #GiveTheGirlABreak."

However, the race car driver later appeared to delete the link to his post from his Twitter page and added the message: "Why is dating so confusing? I need a rule book."